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Austin, TX vs Fresno, CA

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Highlights
- Fresno spends 22.0% less per student than Austin.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 47.1% higher in Fresno than in Austin. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fresno had 12.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Austin

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 Austin, TXFresno, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$19,780$15,432$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,538$13,227$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,081$7,719$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.5321.3816.23
 Students per Librarian805126164573
 Students per Counselor391646530
 Grade School Educ.5.3%10.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%10.5%6.3%
 High School Educ.90.6%79.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.7%23.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.5.4%9.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.55.1%23.6%33.7%
 Masters Grad.14.9%4.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.5%2.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.6%0.9%1.5%

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Reviews for Austin    449 Reviews

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Good place to visit.  More

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Austin is too expensive. Let's get that out of the way. Other than that it is a fun city. Ladybird Lake makes the city, imo. The ability to stand up paddle, kayak, walk  More

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The city continues to grow quickly, which a lot of people don't like. I get it, you fall in love with a city, and it's growing so fast that you don't recognize the same  More

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Reviews for Fresno    77 Reviews

I'm not gonna say this city is terrible, but it certainly has many issues that need to be taken care of and unfortunately the city council has done a poor job keeping up  More

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I've lived in Fresno my entire life and when I became an adult, I began to realize how much being a resident here really sucks, it might be cheaper than most other  More

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Lived here since 2002. I may be flamed for this, but.. total dump and I would rate 0 stars if I could. You only really move here to move out. As good as a gas stop.  More

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ZIPS IN AUSTIN, TEXAS
78745, 78753, 78741, 78748, 78744, 78704, 78758, 78759, 78749, 78723, 40 total
ZIPS IN FRESNO, CALIFORNIA
93722, 93727, 93720, 93702, 93726, 93706, 93705, 93711, 93703, 93710, 18 total

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